Longing
//ˈlɔːŋɪŋ//
Translations of "longing" (43 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | mall(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πόθος(melancholic desire), ὄρεξις(melancholic desire) | póthos, órexis | |
| Arabic | شوق(melancholic desire), شَوْق(melancholic desire) | šōg, šawq | |
| Bulgarian | копнеж(melancholic desire) | kopnež | |
| Catalan | enyor(melancholic desire), enyorança(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 渴望(melancholic desire) | kěwàng | |
| Czech | tesknění(melancholic desire), touha(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Dutch | verlangen(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Esperanto | sopiro(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Finnish | ikävä(melancholic desire), kaipaus(melancholic desire), kaipuu(melancholic desire) | — | |
| French | nostalgie(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Galician | estranía(melancholic desire), morriña(melancholic desire), saudade(melancholic desire), soidade(melancholic desire) | — | |
| German | Sehnen(melancholic desire), Sehnsucht(melancholic desire), Verlangen(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹(melancholic desire) | gairnei | |
| Hebrew | גַּעְגּוּעַ(melancholic desire), כְּמִיהָה(melancholic desire), כיסופים \ כִּסּוּפִים(melancholic desire) | ga'agúa', k'mihá, kisufim | |
| Hungarian | vágyódás(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Ingrian | kaiho(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Irish | cumha(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Italian | anelito(melancholic desire), brama(melancholic desire), bramosia(melancholic desire), desiderio(melancholic desire), nostalgia(melancholic desire), voglia(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Japanese | 切望(melancholic desire), 憧れ(melancholic desire) | setsubō, akogare | |
| Kapampangan | pamagdulap(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Korean | 갈망(melancholic desire) | galmang | |
| Latin | dēsīderium(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Latvian | ilgas(melancholic desire), ilgošanās(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Lithuanian | ilgesys(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Macedonian | копнеж(melancholic desire) | kopnež | |
| Malay | hasrat(melancholic desire), kehendak(melancholic desire), rindu(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | lengsel(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | lengsel(melancholic desire), lengsle(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Persian | سودا(melancholic desire) | sovdâ | |
| Polish | pragnienie(melancholic desire), tęsknota(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Portuguese | saudade f for something absent only(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Romanian | dor(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Russian | тоска́(melancholic desire) | toská | |
| Sanskrit | छन्दस्(melancholic desire), वनस्(melancholic desire) | chandas, vanas | |
| Scottish Gaelic | cianalas(melancholic desire), fadachd(melancholic desire), iarraidh(melancholic desire), ionndrainn(melancholic desire), miann(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Spanish | anhelo(melancholic desire), añoranza(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Swedish | längtan(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Tocharian B | ñyās(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Turkish | hasret(melancholic desire), özlem(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Urdu | اشتیاق(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Welsh | hiraeth(melancholic desire) | — | |
| Yiddish | בענקשאַפֿט(melancholic desire) | benkshaft |
mall
enyor, enyorança
tesknění, touha
verlangen
sopiro
ikävä, kaipaus, kaipuu
nostalgie
estranía, morriña, saudade, soidade
Sehnen, Sehnsucht, Verlangen
vágyódás
kaiho
cumha
anelito, brama, bramosia, desiderio, nostalgia, voglia
pamagdulap
dēsīderium
ilgas, ilgošanās
ilgesys
hasrat, kehendak, rindu
lengsel
lengsel, lengsle
pragnienie, tęsknota
saudade f for something absent only
dor
cianalas, fadachd, iarraidh, ionndrainn, miann
anhelo, añoranza
längtan
ñyās
hasret, özlem
اشتیاق
hiraeth
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